December 30th, 2024

• ​Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, who brokered Israel-Egypt peace, dies at 100
• Jimmy Carter: Peace broker, settlements critic, advocate for Soviet Jews, rights activist
• Herzog remembers Carter's 'deep commitment to forging peace between nations'
• NYT account reveals why Israel feared Hezbollah pager operation was compromised - Israel detonated the pagers days after realizing some devices were being sent to Iran for examination; had earlier used drone to kill Hezbollah technician who suspected they were rigged
• Netanyahu: There's no hostage deal because Hamas doesn't want one - Government ministers were told that Hamas has returned to demanding an end to the war as a condition for the deal
• Israel to submit report to UN adviser about Hamas torture of hostages
• Soldier killed in northern Gaza as five rockets fired into Israel
• IDF: 19 terrorists, no known civilians, killed in Gaza hospital raid; Hamas said 50 dead
• Hamas gathered intel, footage from Gaza border towns for years before Oct. 7 - report
• Israel's Use of AI in War: The IDF has, in its war against Hamas, used a database that it "painstakingly compiled" over many years, detailing home addresses, tunnels and other infrastructure critical to the terrorist group
• Israel Rejects US on Arms for Palestinian Authority
• Indian workers slowly replacing Palestinians in Israeli construction industry
• Netanyahu to undergo major surgery after UTI diagnosis - Netanyahu is managing multiple conflicits as well as personal legal trouble
• Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma 'barred from UK' for potentially lifesaving cancer treatment
• Several reportedly killed in alleged Israeli strike near Damascus
• Assad's fall enables access to ruined 2,700-year-old Damascus synagogue; only 9 Jews remain
• Syria's long-ruling Baath party on way out after collapse of Assad regime
• Syria could take four years to hold elections, de facto leader Sharaa says
• South Korean authorities seek warrant to detain impeached President Yoon in martial law probe
• China is building new detention centers all over the country as Xi Jinping widens corruption purge
• China directs largest military build-up since 1930s Nazi Germany, expert warns, citing Pentagon report - Defense report says China seeks 'mind dominance' through AI, tech in latest 'psychological warfare' operation
• Georgia's outgoing president refuses to quit as successor sworn in
• Amid Anti-Western Drift, Georgia Inaugurates a Conservative President - Even though a figurehead, Mikheil Kavelashvili occupies a symbolic role as the country moves further from the West and toward Russia and China
• Georgia's new pro-Russia president inaugurated amid protests - The ruling Georgian Dream party has halted talks on joining the EU
• Ex-Man City star Mikheil Kavelashvili sworn in as president of Georgia after 'Putin helped his party rig election' - The former footballer is known for his far-right ideologies and is accused of wanting to bring Georgia back into Putin's influence
• Russian security officials say they foiled plot to kill high ranking officer, blogger
• Cyber attack on Italy's Foreign Ministry, airports claimed by pro-Russian hacker group
• Russia shot down passenger plane and tried to 'hush it up,' says Azerbaijan president - It comes amid mounting allegations that the plane had been shot down by Russian air defenses attempting to deflect a Ukrainian drone strike
• Azerbaijan Blames Russia for Plane Crash and Rebukes Kremlin
• Another Boeing SKorean Jet Had Landing Gear Issue
• Bird strike unlikely to be sole cause of fatal South Korean plane crash, experts say
• 179 dead, 2 rescued after plane crashes while landing in South Korea
• Amsterdam-bound passenger jet skids off runway after emergency landing in Norway - A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight which had departed from Oslo Airport and was en route to Amsterdam experienced a hydraulic failure shortly after takeoff
• Passengers say plane filled with smoke after fiery landing in Halifax - 'We started seeing fire on the left side of the plane and smoke started coming in the windows,' says passenger
• At the Brink of Being Ousted From Power, and as Talks Intensify of Turning Canada Into America's 51st State, PM Trudeau Sends Ministers to Mar-A-Lago To Negotiate With Trump Team
• Report: Biden Wanted Trump Prosecuted Earlier, Regrets Garland Pick
• Federal Prosecutors Involved in Trump Witch Hunts and January 6 Cases Flee DOJ, Fear They will Go Bankrupt
• Biden's Legacy: Nuclear Bunker Sales Go Through the Roof, Despite Expert Warnings
• The billionaires and tech barons vying to build a private space station - Founders and investors are vying to take the lead in the next stage of extraterrestrial exploration
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Coquimbo, Chile
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Coquimbo, Chile
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Bangui, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Awash, Ethiopia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 23,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 23,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Tornadoes leave 4 dead amid severe weather outbreak across southern U.S.
• Scientists propose a Category 6 as hurricanes gain in intensity with climate change
• Climate Scam Unraveling: World Bank Really Doesn't Know Where $41 Billion in Funding Goes
• 2024's most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows
• Montana ranch owned by news mogul Rupert Murdoch feeds cows seaweed to curb farts - The study found a nearly 40 percent reduction in methane emissions among cattle fed the seaweed
• Communism Fumbles Again: Cuba Importing Resource It Was Once Famed For Producing
• At least 3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel
• Immigration Has Consequences: French Intel Chief Says Muslim Brotherhood is Working to Turn the Country Into an Islamic Caliphate
• Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US
• J.K. Rowling: There Is No Such Thing as a Transgender Kid
• Disney Producers 'Devastated' at Decision to Axe Trans Character From Animated Series - Claim Trans Character Would Have 'Saved Lives'
• Woman housed in cell with trans-identifying male pedophile sues Washington state prisons over sexual assault
• Anglican group claims 'not everyone' in Bible is 'cisgender': 'Some clear queer characters'
• 11 teens arrested in Illinois for using gay dating apps to lure men to beating as part of social media trend
• AI spots heart conditions before sufferers have symptoms
• CDC Warning: Drug 100X Worse Than Fentanyl Has Hit America, Deaths Rise Over 700 Percent
• NIH Funds Research Into Self-Disseminating Vaccines That Spread Like a Virus from Host to Host - $3.4 million in U.S. taxpayer money to self-spreading vaccine projects
• Key senator says U.S. vaccine safety system failing, urges reforms to testing and liability
• Health 'experts' warn against 'rise' in Bird Flu, encourage Biden's FDA to authorize vaccine for 'vulnerable people'
• 10 'superbug' stories from 2024, from bacterial 'Kryptonite' to deep-sea antibiotics
• A public health emergency is waiting at the bottom of the antibiotic resistance cliff